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1. Johannes Schindler autobiography
Document | Accession Number: 1992.A.0043 | RG Number: RG-02.058.01
Date:
creation: 1982
…Johannes "Hans" Schindler was born in Germany ca. 1903. He was an active member of the Jehovah's Witnesses during both world wars and survived the…
2. Testimony of Sister Marie-Aurelie, Mother Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of the Very Holy Savior...
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0184 | RG Number: RG-20.019
Date:
1945 July 31
…Germany. Gestapo…
3. "August Cohn--Anti-Fascist: His Life under Nazi Tyranny and American Repression"
Document | Accession Number: 2012.193.1
Date:
publication/distribution: 2010
… Howard Cohn. In the manuscript, Mr. Cohn describes his the experiences of his father, August Cohn, who born in Fulda, Germany, and arrested as a Communist…
4. Machtinger family collection
Document | Accession Number: 1988.090.2
Date:
inclusive: 1946-1988
… camp in Germany on July 23, 1946. Ruth married Morton Faller and they had two children, Bryan and Scott Faller. Paul Machtinger died on September 9…
5. Rachel and Harvey Goldfarb collection
2000.421.2 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 6
Document | Accession Number: 2000.421.2
Date:
inclusive: 1918-2005
… inhabitants were Jewish. Beryl Mutterperl (d. 1937) was a businessman who bought cattle and farm products for export to Germany or for the nearby Polish border…
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 … for export to Germany or for the nearby Polish border garrison. Dina owned a thriving fabric store. The Mutterperls lived in the center of town. Their…
6. Henry Hirschmann papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.205.1
Date:
inclusive: 1934-2013
…Henry Hirschmann was born Heinz Hirschmann in Grossauheim, Germany, on August 5, 1920. His parents, Maier and Ida Hahn Hirschmann, had three sons…
7. Samuel Sack letter
2006.395 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2006.395
Date:
creation: 1945 May 26
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
8. Joe Van Rooyen collection
Document | Accession Number: 2010.53 | RG Number: RG-10.496
Date:
inclusive: 1941-2009
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
9. Stephen J. Schweitzer diary
2022.130 transcript
Document | Accession Number: 2022.130.1
Date:
inclusive: 1944 December 21-1945 April 12
…. He was sent to Stalag IX B, a German prisoner-of-war camp, in Bad Orb, Germany. He was one of 350 American soldiers sent to the forced labor camp Berga…
10. Mutti
Document | Accession Number: 1992.A.0042 | RG Number: RG-02.047
…Ilse M. Thompson was born in Berlin, Germany, ca. 1924. She received sponsorship from the Society of Friends and was able to leave Germany on one of…
11. Lichtenberg and Stein families papers
2014.408.1 Box 1 Folder 7 Image 24
Document | Accession Number: 2014.408.1
Date:
inclusive: circa 1901-2001
undated: 
Special Collection:
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…Irmgard Stein (Irma, later Lichtenberg, b. 1920) was born to Max (1871-1944, born in Arolsen, Germany) and Hedwig (Johanna, née Benjamin, 1883-1944…
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 … and undated Accession number: 2014.408.1 Creator: Lichtenberg (Family: Hannover, Germany) Additional creator: Stein (Family: Frankfurt, Germany) Extent…
12. William C. Alston Jr. papers
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0140 | RG Number: RG-04.047
Date:
creation: 1945
… camp; a news article describing war-time activities of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany; a photocopy of an American army medical…
13. Irma Gideon collection
1997.A.0096 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 19
Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0096
Date:
undated: 
…Irma Gideon (née Frank, 1912-2006) was born on May 27, 1912 in Oberlustadt, Germany to Jacob Frank (April 19, 1876-October 28, 1948) and Bertha Frank…
14. The worm in the apple
Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0141 | RG Number: RG-02.106
…In 1937, Sigurd Askevold (Kassel, Germany, 1917 - ) was drafted into the Reichsarbeitsdienst and served in the Wehrmacht…
15. Case files of the United Restitution Organization - Toronto Office
Document | Accession Number: 1990.328 | RG Number: RG-28.005
… are in Germany. Second, there are the records titled "URO." These files contain general claims for restitution. Third, there are the cases titled…
16. Jürgen Stroop statement
2019.234.1 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 1
Document | Accession Number: 2019.234.1
Date:
creation: 1946 April 26
…Jürgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop) was born on September 26, 1895 in Detmold, Germany to Konrad and Katherine Stroop. He joined the Nazi party in 1932…
17. Fred Joseph Golinveaux, Jr. letter
Document | Accession Number: 2004.514.1
Date:
creation: 1945 May 15
… Heidelberg, Germany, during World War II. In the letter, he describes the experiences of Michael Goldberg, a 15-year-old Polish boy who spent three years in…
18. Frieda and Max Reinach diary
1999.A.0215 Box 1 Folder 1 Image 29
Document | Accession Number: 1999.A.0215 | RG Number: RG-10.249
Date:
inclusive: 1939-1942
Special Collection:
Save Their Stories
…Germany.…
19. von Halle family papers
Document | Accession Number: 1990.177 | RG Number: RG-10.166
Date:
inclusive: 1933-1947
…Oscar Louis von Halle (1886-1944) was born on October 1, 1886 in Hamburg, Germany. He served in the military during World War I. After the war, he…
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 … history: Katelynn Vance, July 2020. Biographical note Oscar Louis von Halle (1886-1944) was born on October 1, 1886 in Hamburg, Germany. He served in the…
20. Mikhail Lev collection
Document | Accession Number: 2011.12 | RG Number: RG-68.118
Date:
inclusive: 1940-2008
…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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 … resistance. World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine--Personal narratives, Jewish. Geography: Germany. Israel. Minsk (Belarus)--History--20th century. Poland. Ravensbrück…
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 …- 1964 Inquiries to various official institutions and individuals in Poland, France, Germany and received responses 17 pp. Correspondence of editor of…